Trash Squad Day 1 - SPEED DATING

[chinhotta]

Alright, kiddos!! Gather up in the cafeteria for your first event!

[ The cafeteria tables are arranged differently now, long tables pushed to the edges of the room and filled with finger foods and drinks, and the center of the room open except for a bunch of tall, small round tables which are empty except for a stack of cards, but about the right size and height for two people to put drinks on as they stand around.

Vanilla is also standing on one of the tables with a bullhorn. ]

We're starting with a classic! Speed dating! You'll have five minutes each round! When the horn goes off, that's your cue to switch it up and talk to someone else! If you need some conversation starters, try one of the questions on those cards!

...Or don't! You can do whatever you want, I'm not your mom. I'm going with 'uncle' for now!

( The structure here is pretty casual:
- Make a top level
- Tag some people! Optionally, start off with a question from the deck of suggestions!
- Thread! You can ask more questions if you want.
- Try to keep threads around 10 comments from you maximum. This isn’t a hard limit, but assume a bullhorn goes off around there to signal a switch.
- Pace yourself, kids, this runs until Thursday. )

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[slice_of_life]

You too?

[slice_of_life]

...

[She pauses, and in the second of silence, the horn goes off]

...Ah. Just when we were starting to get comfortable...

[counterfaith]

. . . Well, I wonder?

[ and that's all he says before he picks up another card ]

"What is your favorite memory with your best friend?"

[dismemberthename]

No, if there are demons where I'm from I sure haven't heard of them.

[dismemberthename]

Horizontal stripes are nice.

[cantry]

Of the golden tree?

[Natsuki frowns hard - she can parse the syllables just fine, but she's not familiar with extremely obscure names for any organism; it's indicating that she wasn't in any position to demand more intellectual work of recalling details, and to protect her fragile own self esteem, she's grasping for an interpretation where Ruler is the unreasonable one.]

[loveisanopenseal]

I look forward to singing your religious hymnals at the wonderful karaoke room someday~

[goodbyyyyyyyye]

[cantry]

Not slimming, but you don't have to worry about that, I guess.

[Being possessed of assets that are considered enhanced by voluptuousness, if anything. That said Natsuki's tone itself is aesthetic, not at all lascivious]

[counterfaith]

. . . Well, please don't expect too much out of me, though.

[ waves her off ]

[pecker]

That's probably a good thing! Demons sound like they'd be scary!

But if you want to fight them too, I support you.

[loveisanopenseal]

Yes, I would not be surprised if that was the case . . .

[BZZZ]

It seems our time is already up. How disappointing. It was quite enjoyable.

[cantry]

[THANK YOU, ARIANNA.]

I'm glad you've got one you like!

[dismemberthename]

I'm not super into fashion, so it's not something I super worried about...

[counterfaith]

Well, they do have that color. Ah, yes, I believe the tree is called a sweet olive tree.

[dismemberthename]

Hah, thanks. But I don't have any beef with demons unless they start one with me.

[loveisanopenseal]

Yes, I will make sure not to waste it.

[A brief smile and NEW CARD.]

What is your most frequent fantasy?

[loveisanopenseal]

I appreciate your well wishes. My name is Elizabeth.

[loveisanopenseal]

It was a request from myself.

[dismemberthename]

I'm Sudoh. Nice to meet you, Elizabeth.

[cantry]

It's good to have something on standby when you get the right chance to wear a fancy outfit. [She's huffy but in a roundabout way not directly disapproving.] What do you like to wear instead. Or do instead of thinking about clothes. Or all this... dating.

[loveisanopenseal]

[:O :O :O

:O

:O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

Really? That is just simply wonderful! Truly, this experience has already proven to be worth something valuable . . . tell me, will there be an initiation ritual before the friendship can become official?

[cantry]

Hey, nothing wrong with that. Mind telling me what you're into instead?

[loveisanopenseal]

A great calamity.

[cantry]

...I didn't know those have flowers.

[SOUNDS FAKE BUT OK]

[pecker]

[He took the offer to ask all the questions a bit more literally than the others...

Niwatori looks a bit stumped at this question for a minute though. Best friend. Best friend... eh, she'll count the Niwa matron. And that lets her formulate a cheery response.]

Well, um, I'd say my mother is my best friend! I think my favorite memory with her is when she helped me learn more about all kinds of birds, and then she took me out to find my favorite ones. It was quite a trip!